Thursday, 25 August 2011

She says "wake up, it's no use pretending"
I'll keep stealing, breathing her.
Birds are leaving over autumn's ending
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard

She says "If I leave before you, darling
Don't you waste me in the ground"
I lay smiling like our sleeping children
One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open, naked as we came
One will spread our ashes round the yard

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

I climbed to the top of a hill
But I had just missed the sun
And although the descending arc was gone
Left behind were the traces that always follow along

The most beautiful colors chase the sun
They wrap her trail in a taunting gesture
That seems to sing out loud,
"this is what you're missing"

I'll endure the night
For the promise of light

I want to lift my hands towards the sun
Show me warmth
Baby, won't you show me warmth again?
And when I can feel with my sun hands
I'll promise not to lose her again
And even if the morning never comes
My hands are blessed to have touched the sun

People
They don't mean a thing to you
They move right through you
Just like your breath
But sometimes
I still think of you
And I just wanted to
Just wanted you to know
My old friend...
I swear I never meant for this
I never meant...

Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
An honest mistake

Sometimes
I forget I'm still awake
I fuck up and say these things out loud

My old friend...
I swear I never meant for this
I never meant...

Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
An honest mistake

Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
Don't look at me that way
It was an honest mistake
An honest mistake

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Don't get mad if I'm laughing
Blame the caffeine for all the 5 am phone calls
I haven't slept a single night in over a month
And not even once did you start to make sense to me
Well maybe I'm a little bit slow, or just consistently inconsistent
She said, "Unpredictability's my responsibility, baby."

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere

They chewed me up and then they spit me out
And I'm not supposed to let it bother me
But maybe I'm a little bit weak - I let my frailty take the wheel
She said, "Maybe there's a bit of me waiting for a bit of you. baby."

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on - to go on back to the middle of nowhere

Saturday, 20 August 2011

Bed clothes, why am I in bed clothes?
Watching out the window
Watching what I don't know
On the fire escape now
Hands they start to shake now
Ready for the rail to break now
And I'm awake at last awake

Cursing, rattling and cursing
Go ahead and do your worst then
Your worst that I can take

Oh let the rain fall down
And wash this world away
Oh let the sky be grey
Cause if it's ever gonna get any better
It's gotta get worse for a day

Morning, where am I this morning?
Now it's really pouring,
Crawling up this shore
And I walk the neighborhood
And umbrella does no good
And I guess it's in my blood
Couldn't stop the flood

Drowning, everything is drowning
Go ahead and take the town
The town is yours to take

Oh let the rain fall down
And wash this world away
Oh let the sky be grey
Cause if it's ever gonna get any better
It's gotta get worse for a day

Calling, calling, falling, falling
Grab on my guitar
And paddle with both my arms
Headed where the voices are
I'll end up far so far away

Oh let the rain fall down
And wash this world away
Or let the sky be grey
Cause if it's ever gonna get any better
It's gotta get worse for a day

It's gotta get worse for a day
It's gotta get worse for a day
It's gotta get worse for a day
I know
It's gotta get worse for a day

Friday, 19 August 2011

No, I'm not ready for a big bad step in their direction.
No, I'm not ready for downtown trash, avoid collection.
Four blocks, run and hide, don't walk alone at night.
Cityscape, city change before they die.
Four blocks, I should mention in a song if I want to get along with change,
Who doesn't wanna change this?

I know you feel it too, these words get overused.
When we get up and over it and over them,
Up and over it and over them.
I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue.
When you get up and over it and over them,
Oh oh, hell no. Oh oh, hell no.

Four days, wide awake, why slide along and say.
Girl's afraid, girl will change, just move away.
Four days that I mention in a song, move along, get ahead, get her hand and bring her with you.

I know you feel it too, these words get overused.
When we get up and over it and over them,
Up and over it and over them.
I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue.
When you get up and over it and over them,
Oh oh, hell no. Oh oh, hell no.

Four ways to remove all the bad that we do from the heart and the soul of the cities sad and cold.
Four ways to collect what we say and what we save to discard and discover a brand new way

I know you feel it too, these words get overused.
When we get up and over it and over them,
Up and over it and over them.
I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue.
When you get up and over it and over them,
Up and over it and over them.

I know you feel it too, these words get overused.
When we get up and over it and over them,
Up and over it and over them.
I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue.
When you get up and over it and over them,
Oh oh, hell no. Oh oh, hell no.
Oh oh, hell no. Oh oh, hell no.

Thursday, 18 August 2011

You're probably right, seen from your side, that I've been lucky
but I've been meaning to crack all week.
Yes I've been involved, it never resolved into anything shocking.
Pains playing yoyo in my body as we speak.

And now I found something to look for, but I can't decide,
'Cause I might find that to stroll behind is better than to score.
Just like I did before.

It wouldn't be true, not towards you, to say that I'm staying.
When on every single impulse, on every other move I react.
'Cause in any old creek, with changing technique, you'll see me playing.
After any old motherfucking blow I'll be back.

We turned away from instant stuff
our cracking codes were breaking up
our words were sucked out it made them clean.
And after lowness say it
and after more let it be known
Our codes are grown into something mean.

You're probably right, as for tonight, you're making me nervous.
What is it you want me to be thinking of?
I'll put on a movie, I'll play something groovy as a matter of service
And I'll chuckle when you smile as a matter of love.
'Cause you know it's not my style to be giving up now.
And this pain in my side, I had enough.

This time I go for Instant Street
This life's a soulless excuse for all abuse and parenthesis.
The flyspecked windows and the stinking lobbies
they'll remain all the same, all the same.

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

There we were thick as thieves
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
We wore stolen hats, fitted soles
Aided by lies amongst the media foes

And hey oh, where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show, the ones we perform
Performing it day and night, night

See the lights upon my face
Walking in circles with the human race
And all the little people they want to be free
But I can't get there 'cause I've got you holding me back

And hey oh, where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show, the ones we perform
Performing it day and night, night
Let me be free

Gave you all the high skies but you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies but you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies but you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies but you gave me night
Let the lights sing again

There we were thick as thieves
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
Goodbye my sweet, goodbye, goodbye

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Irish blood, English heart, This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of
And no regime can buy or sell me

I've been dreaming of a time when
To be English is not to be baneful
To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful, Racist or partial

Irish blood, English heart, This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of
And I will die with both of my hands untied

I've been dreaming of a time when
The English are sick to death of Labour, And Tories
And spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell
And denounce this royal line that still salute him,
And will salute him forever.

Kind heart, kindness
Where you going to, are you going through, heaven or hell?
Won't slip, won't miss
When I'm onto you, send it over to, your faith in will

Control yourself, I dont want it to, I dont need it to, contain itself
Counting until, it was never that, I was aiming at, being someone else

HA! [8x]

You want it all, you want to walk, you want to walk, right through it!
You had it all, you had it all, you had it all, you threw it!
You want it all, you want to walk, you want to walk, right through it!
You had it all, you had it all, you had it all, you threw it!

Black night, blackness
When I wanted you, how I haunted you, all to myself
One kiss, one slip
Where you going to, are you going through, heaven or hell?

Control yourself, I dont want it to, I dont need it to, can someone else
Counting until, when you need it to, cause your attitude, turn on itself

You want it all, you want to walk, you want to walk, right through it!
You had it all, you had it all, you had it all, you threw it!
You want it all, you want to walk, you want to walk, right through it!
You had it all, you had it all, you had it all, you threw it!

Thursday, 11 August 2011

You said only a back page
Will get as read as the first page
Now you're observing the corners
And showing the first signs of aging
I'm not trying to read you anymore
Just keep on turning me through the days
Until the latest chapter unfolds

You look aroused
You look awake
You are the light
Turned on

A slumber will fall on you again
But in your dreams you're being held
Underneath the elephants in the room
You're being trampled, stampeded down and
You've broken all our hearts
You've broken all our hearts
But they no longer ache now
They don't hurt

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared, and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing

[Chorus 1:]
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river

London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out, and draw another breath
London calling, and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

[Chorus 2: x2]
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river

Now get this

London calling, yes, I was there, too
An' you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
After all this, won't you give me a smile?
London calling

Monday, 8 August 2011

If I told you things I did before, told you how I used to be
Would you go along with someone like me
If you knew my story word for word, had all of my history
Would you go along with someone like me

I did before and had my share, it didn't lead nowhere
I would go along with someone like you
It doesn't matter what you did, who you were hanging with
We could stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talking 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talking 'bout the old style too

And we don't care about our own faults
Talking 'bout our own style
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

Usually when things has gone this far, people tend to disappear
No one will surprise me unless you do
I can tell there's something goin' on, hours seems to disappear
Everyone is leaving, I'm still with you

It doesn't matter what we do, where we are going to
We can stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talking 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talking 'bout the old style too

And we don't care about our own faults
Talking 'bout our own style
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

And we don't care about the young folks
Talking 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talking 'bout the old style too

And we don't care about their own faults
Talking 'bout our own style
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you

Sunday, 7 August 2011

When the guns of the crew, a future
I can't say just how I got here
Ruins somewhere in a black room
Someone's singing
Who? I don't know

Do you die in your dreams?
I don't even have them
Have you ever known love?
You haven't even seen me

Dream on, sister
Cherish the lodges
Wouldn't want to stay too long here
People reaching on the platform
Someone will save you
When? I don't know

Have you ever known love?
Have you even seen me?
At this pace I will go blind
By the time I find my vision

Angel, I do not know how long we'll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed

In the time of the empty throne
I can not remember what I've known
White knuckle in the dead of snow
Someone is calling
Why? I don't know
Can you say what you want?
I never could
I'd be embarrassed to be buried here
To overstay my welcome

Angel, I do not know how long we'll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed

When you're from nothing
You can do anything you want
When you're from nowhere
You can go anywhere you want
But you're here
Do you even know why?
Have you ever wondered
What I would do if I did not have you?

Angel, I do not know how long we'll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed

Angel, I do not know how long we'll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we must have celebrated too soon
We are the villains of the moon and doomed

Saturday, 6 August 2011

For your birthday she sent you a card
She didn’t sign her name she gave an autograph
Now she’s trying to call your bluff
Is she your true love?
We knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted
She asked matter of fact had he gone off his head
He was uncomplaining as a tree
Not a thing like me

You’re not a teenager
So don’t act like one
Sure she’s a heartbreaker
Does she have one?
Is it down to me, down to me we both rarely speak?
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you with her while staring at the black
I didn’t have you down for being easily led
Or the girl well read
I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you and her, I think I’m going mad
Can you help me to see where I’m going wrong?
Help me finish this song

Thursday, 4 August 2011

It might be impractical
To seek out a new romance
We won't know the actual
If we never take the chance
I'd love to collapse with you
And ease you against this song
I think we're compatible
I see that you think I'm wrong

But anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
What choice of words will take me back to you

Your love makes a fool of you
You can't seem to understand
Our heart doesn't play by rules
And love has it's own demands
But I'll be there to take care of you
If ever you should decide
But you don't want to waste your life
In the middle of a lovesick lullaby

Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
What choice of words will take me back to you

Oh my reddest rose, caldera, set it off
How your fire grows hermosa caldera glistening
Through your fussed blows careen your caldera set it off
As your body flows the second hand flashes passes
Over your skin like time

Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
My love
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
No choice of words will break me from this rule
Anytime will do
What choice of words will take me back to you

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

You come and see me,
When you're,
All lost at sea,
And I'd like to help you,
But I've got to be free because,
I've got to get away from your heart,

You think you're special like,
Your old mom's best china,
Yes you're half painted,
And you think that no one's finer,

Oh god, a take me away,
A to your heart,
I am your oxymoron,
Messed up lover killer,
'Cause I got to get away from your heart,
I've got to get away from you,
I've got to get away from your heart,
Help me to see, I'm coming down,
Help me to see,
Help me to see, I'm coming down,
Help me to see

What will you do when there is no more superficial?
When men don't stare at you and they don't stop and whistle?

Oh god, a take me away,
A to your heart,
I am your oxymoron,
Messed up lover killer,
'Cause I got to get away from your heart,
I've got to get away from you,
I've got to get away from your heart,

Help me to see, I'm coming down,
Help me to see,
Help me to see, I'm coming down,
Help me to see,
Yeah, yeah